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SENATE.  January  2:i,  l.sG3. — Read  first  an«l  «c^on<l  times  ninl 
ri't'erred  to  Commit'Lce  on  rrinting.  April  G,  18t».i. — Reported  wiiU- 
out  amendment  and  ordered  to  he  printed.  April  13,  1803. — Road 
third  time,  amended  and  passed, 

JAMES  11.  NASH,  Secretary. 

HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES.  April  22d,  1863.— Read  nr.?t 
and  second  times  and  referred  to  Committee  on  Printini;.  April  2o, 
l.SGo. — Reported  back  favorably,  an^i  postponed  to  Tues(la.y  next,  and 
i>r<U'red  to  be  printed. 

^    BILL 

To  be  entitled  an  act  in  relation  to  the   Public   Printiii;:;. 

1  Section  I.    The  GnigTesf  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do 

2  ennrf.  That  the    Secretary  of  the  Senate,  immediately  after  the 

3  adjournment  of  each  session   of  Congress,  shall  prepare  a  fnr 

4  copy  of  the  journal  of  the  Senate,  in  open  session,  togeliior  with. 
J  any  portion  of  its  secret  proceedings  from  which  the  injunction 
G  of  secrecy  may  have  been  removed,  fully  indexed,  and  shall  de- 
7  liver  tlie  same,  properly  certified,  as  soon  as  possible,  to  the  \{- 
«  torncy  (.ieneral.  The  Clerk  of  the  House  of  Representativrs;, 
9  immediately  after  eaf^h  session,  shall  prepare  a  fair  copy  of  the 

II)     journal  of  that  body,  in  open  session,  together  with  any  portion 

11  of  its  Sjccret  proceedings   from  which  the  injunction  of  secrecy 

12  may  have  been  removed,  fully  indexed,  and   shall   deliver  the 


I J  same,  |)roperly  certified,  as  soun  as  possible,  to  the  Attorney  Gcn- 

II  oral,     h^aitl  copies  of  the  journals  shall  not   contain  unnecessary 

1.)  breaks,  blanks  or  paraf^raphs,  but  all  matter  relating  to  one  snb- 

IG  ject  shall  be   included  within  the  same  paragraph,  according  to 

17  the  usual  rules  in  relation  to  ordinary  composition. 

18  The  .\ttorney  General  shall  arrange  the  ac's  and  resolutions 
in  under  appropriate  titles,  affix  marginal  notes  to  each  section,  and 
2(t  index  the  same.  Three  thousand  copies  of  said  acts  and  resolu- 
21  tions  shall  lie  printed  in  form]and  style  equal  in  every  respect  to 
'22  the  laws  of  the  United  States  as  annually  published  by  Little  i'^ 
2J  JJrown.     Fifteen  hundred  copies  of  the  journal   of  each   House 

24  sliall  be  printed   on    good  paper,   in  small  pica  type,  the  text  of 

25  which  shall  be  in  pages  of  fifty  printed  lines,  exclusive  of  folio, 
20  and  containing  twenty-nine  cms  to  the  line.  The  index,  in  pages 
27  of  same  size,  shall  be  printed  in  bourgeois  or  brevier:  Provided, 
2h  That  no  proposals  for  the  printing  of  the  journals  shall  be  made 
20  until  further  ordered  by  Congress.  The  Attorney  General  shall 
3u  advertise  one  time,   in  one  paper  published  at  the  capital  of  each 

31  State,  or  other  place,  as  he  may  deem  advisable,  within  said  State, 

32  for  pealed  proposals  for  the  delivery  to  him,  at   his  office,  on  or 

33  before  a  day  to  be  designated,  of  the  acts  and  journals  complete, 

34  in  accordance  with  the  a])Ove  specifications.     Said  proposals  shall 

35  state  the  rate  per  page  for  the  tex;t  and  the  imlex,  separately,  at 

36  which  the  person  oifers  to  contract ;  and  the  party  oflfering  to 


3 

87  perform  said  work  for  the  least  sum  shall  be  entitleu  to  receive 

38  the  same.     The  printing  of  the  acts  and  journal  shall  not  iieces- 

39  sarily  he  embraced  in  a  single  contract,  but  the  acts  may  be 
•10  awarded  to  one  person,  and  the  journals,  or  either  of  them,  to 
11  other  bidders.  The  persons  obtaining  such  contracts  shall  enter 
i2  into  bond  with  good  securities,  in  such  amount  and  within  such 
■13  time  as  the  Attorney  General  may  require,  conditioned  for  the 
•14  faithful  performance  of  their  contracts.  Should  any  party  fail  to 
45  execute  a  bond  as  required,  his  contract  shall  thereby  be  forfeited 
Hi  at  the  option  of  the   Attorney  General,  and  the  party  rendered 

47  liable  for  damages  for  such  fail-ure.     Upon  forfeiture  of  any  con- 

48  tract,  another  may  be  made  with  the  next  lowest  bidder,  and  so 
•19  on  until  the  list  of  bidders  is  exhausted,  or  the  Attorney  General 
50  may  again  advertise  for  other  proposals.  Should  no  proposal  for 
ol  all  or  any  part  of  said  work  be  reasonable,  the  Attorney  General 

52  may  reject  them,  and  report  the  fact  to  the  next  session  of  Con- 

53  gross.     Any  person   obtaining  a  contract  may  print  and  sell,  on 

54  his  own  account,  any  number  of  said  acts  or  journals. 

1  Sec.  2.  That  the  laws,  in  pamphlet  form,  shall   be  distributed 

2  as  follows  :  Two  copies  to  each  member  of  Congress  for  the  time 

3  being  ;  twenty  copies  each  to  the  Secretary    of  the  Senatq  and 

4  Clerk  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  to  be  retained  in  their 

5  respective  offices  ;  one  copy  to  each  committee  of  each  House  of 

6  Congress ;  five  copies,  each,  to  the  President  and  Vice  President; 


4 

7  two  hun(]re(l  copies  to  the  DepartineDt  of  State,  for  its  own  use 

H  and  for   distribution   among  the    diplouiatio  and  consular  olHccr.-? 

9  of  the    Confederate   States;  two  liundred    copies  to  the  Depart- 

|(>  ment   of  the   Treasury,    for   its    own    use    and  for   distribution 

i  I  amongst   the  revenue   olncers  of  the  government ;  one   liundred 

12  copies  to  the  Department  cf  Justice,  for  its  own  use  and  for  dis- 

13  tribution  amongst  the  judges,  clerks,  marshals,  and  attorneys  of 

1  i  the  Confederate  States  ;  fifty  copies  each  to  the  Departments  of 
I.")  War  and  Navy,  and  to  the  Postmaster  General  ;  and  live  copies 
K)  each  to  the  Governors  of  the  several  State?,  for  the  use  of  tlie 
I  7  States.  The  remainder  shall  be  carefully  preserved  in  the  De- 
IS  partment  of  Justice  ;  to  be  bound  in  calf,  in  a  substantial  man- 
11»  iier,  as  often  as  the  number  of  pages  shall  be  sufficient  to  form  a 
2U  volume  of  not  less  than  eight  hundred  nor  more  than  one  thous- 
21  and  pages.  Whenever  said  volumes  are  thus  to  be  bound,  a  new 
'22  index  shall  be  prepared  by  the  Attorney  General,  comprising  the 
23  contents  of  the  whole    volume.     The  remaining    copies  shall  be 

2  4  kept  in  the  Department  of  Justice,    subject  to  the  general  order 
25  of  Congress. 

1  Slc.  o.   That  all  acts  and  resolutions,  signed  by  the  i'resident, 

2  or^iyhich  may  otherwise  become  laws,  shall  be  depo~ited  in  the 
0  Department  of  Justice,  and  the  originals  there  carefully  pre- 
4  served.  The  Attorney  General  shall  affix  marginal  notes  to  the 
o  acts  and   resoultions,  fully  index   the   same,  and  cause  fair  and 


/ 

6  exact  copies  of  the  said  acts,  resolutions,  notes  and  index  to  be 

?  made  for  delivery  to  the  contractor  hy  -,v];oni   the  same  ar(^  to  be 

S  printed. 

1  Sk.c.  4.   That  the  join  nals  shall  be  distributed  as  folIo^YP  :    I'uo 

2  copies  of  each  to  every  person  ^vho  was  a  member  of  Congress  at 

3  any  time  during  said  session  ;  ten  copies  each  to  the  Secretary  oi' 
i  the  Senate  and  Clerk  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  to  be  kept 

5  in  their  respective  offices;  five  copies  to  each  State  for  every  five 

6  Representatives  from  such  State  in  the  Congress  of  the  Confede- 

7  rate  States ;  five  hundred  copies  of  each  shall  be  carefully  prc- 

5  served  in  the  Department  of  Justice,  and  shall  be  bound  together, 
9  in  sheep,  when  hereafter  directed  by  Congress  ;  and  the  remain- 

10  ing  copies  shall  be  kept  in  said  Department,  subject  to  the  general 

1 1  order  of  Congress. 

1  Sec.  5.  That  all  printing  in  pamphlet  form,  ordered  by  Con- 

2  gress,  shall  be  in  pages  four  and  a  half  inches  wide  by  eight  inches 

3  long,  including  folio,  without  separate  title  page,  Avithout  tiecdless 

4  indentings,   breaks,   blank?  and   separations ;   the  general  body 
o  thereof  shall  not  be  printed  on  type   smaller  than   long  primer, 

6  nor  larger  than  small  pica;  and  for  such  Avork  the  public  printer 

7  shall  receive  the  following   compensation :  Vor  composition  one 

8  dollar  and  twenty-five  cents  per  1 ,00(1  ems ;  for  press-work,  folding 
n  and  stitching,  oiie  dollar  and  twenty-five  cents  per  t©ken.     Bills 

10  and  resolutions,  upon  which  final  action  is  yet  to  be  taken,  shall 


1  I  be  piinted  in  small  pica  type,  in  pages  eight  inches  long  by  four 

12  and  a  half  inches  ^viJc,  the  lines  of  each  section   nmmbered  in 

]S  the  margin,  and  with  space  between   th(»   lines  not  wider  than  a 

14  bourgeois  line:  for  the   composition   on   such  work,  the  public 

1  .J  printer  shall  receive  one  dollar  per  1 ,000  ems  ;  for  the  press-work. 
10  folding  and  stitching,  one   dollar  per  token.     The  pay  for  yeas 

1 7  and  nays  shall  be  fifty  cents  per  one   hundred  copies  for  either 

18  House.      The    compensation     for    all    miscellaneous    printing, 

19  ordered  by  Congress,  shall  be   one  dollar  and  twenty-five  cents 

20  per    1,000   ems,   and  press-work   of   the   same,   one  dollar  and 

21  twenty-five  cents  per  token.     For  all  strickly  rule  and  figure 

22  work,  the  compensation  for  composition  shall  be  one  hundred  per 
2'S  cent,  higher  than  for  plain  work.     Composition  shall  charged  but 

2  4  once  for  documents  ordered  bj  each  House  of  Congress,  unless 
25  the  type  has  been  distributed. 

1  Sf.c.   6.  All   work   in    pamphlet   form    and  all  miscellaneous 

2  printing  for  the  Executive   Departments   shall  be  done  by  the 

3  public  printer,  who  shall  receive  the  same  compensation  allowed 

4  for  similar  Avork  when  ordered  by  Congress. 

1  Sec.  T.  The  chief  officers  of  the  Executive  Departments  shal 

2  advertise  for  sealed   proposals    for  the  printing    of  all   blanks 

3  required  in  their  several  J)epartmcnts,  and  also  for  all  ruling  and 

4  binding,  as  far  as  practicable,  under  such  specifications  as  they 

5  may  deem  necessary— in  the  same  manner,  in  all  respects,  as  is 


(!  liorcin  provided  in   rearard   to   cnntraots   for  tho  printing  of  the 

7  la'ivs  and  journals. 

1  Skc,  vS.   That  the  usual  rates  paid  by  other  advertisers  shall  bo 

2  allowed  for  all   advertisements    inserted  in    public   gazettes,   by 

3  authority  of  the  Government,  unless  otherwise  ordered  or  agreed  ; 
■I  but  no  a<Ivertisement  sliall  be  inserted  in  more  than  three  news- 
5  paj)ers  in  any  State. 

1  Skc.  9.  That  when  printing  on  parchment  is  required  by  any 

2  Department,  the  parchment  shall  be  furnished  by  such  Depart- 
;]  ment,  and  a  special  contract  made  for  such  printing,  not  to 
•1  exceed  ten  dollars  per  thousand  copies. 

1  Sec.  10.  That  each    House  of    Congress    shall  elect  its  own 

'2  public  printer,  who  shall  hold  liis  office  for  two  years  from  tho 

0  date  of  his  election  and  until  his  successor  is  chosen  ;  and  shall 

4  give  boLd  for  the  faithful  performance  of  his  duty  in  tlie  sum  of 
.J  five  thousand  dollars, 

1  Sec.  II.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Superintendent  of 

2  Public  Printing  to  purchase  all  paper  of  every  description  re- 

5  .  quired  by  Congress,  the  executive  departments,  or  the  public 
4  printing,  to  be  performed  by  the  public  printer,  under  the  general 
.')  provisions  of  this  act,  and  not  by  special  contract:  Provided,  all 
G  such  contracts  shall   be  approved  by  the  Attorney  General  ;  and 

7  all  paper  delivered  to  the  departments  shall  be  furnished  upon  the 

8  written  orders  of  chiefs  of  bureaus,  which  orders  .shall  be  filed. 


8 

1  Skc.  1-2.   That  it    sli:ill    be    the   iluty    of  tiie    Secretary    dT  the 

i  Sonato,  the  Clerk  of  the  House  au'l  the  ehief  officers  uf  tlie  exccu- 

;]  tivc  departments  to  furnish  to  the  said  superintendent,  in  writiufr, 

4  properly  signed,  all  ordcr.5  for  printinij;  ref[uired  by  Congresfs  or 

.")  any  department,  which  order.-j  tihall  be  filed. 

1  Sf.c.    13.   That  the    superintendent    shall   furnish    the    public 

2  printer  ^vith  all  paper  required  for  printing,  under  the  general 
;]  provisions  of  this  act,  and  of  sucli  description  as  said  superin- 

4  tendent  may  determine  ;  and  shall  supervise,  direct  and  control 
i)  such  printing,  both  in   regard  to  the  general  execution   of  the 

6  vork  and  the  order  and  time  in  which  it  shall  be  completed  ;  and 

7  shall  gi\  e  his  counsel  and  assistance  to  the  chiefs  of  departments, 
c?  whenever  required,  in  relation  to  the  printing  herein  re(juired 
t>  to  be  done  by  special  contract  or  otherwise.  " 

1  Sue.  14.  That  all  accounts  of  the  public  printer  shall  be  ac- 

-  corapanied  with  a  copy  of  every  job  or  document  specified  in  the 

J  accounts  ;   and  no  account  shall  l)e  audited   and   allowed  by  the 

•1  superintendent  unless  accompanied  by  such  vouchers,  and  the 

5  the  affidavit  of  its  correctness.     Said  account  and  vouchers,  when 

6  allowed,  shall  be  filed,  each   year  separately,  in  the  office  cf  the 

7  superintendent.     A  duplicate  of  said  account  and  affidavit  pre- 

8  sented  by  the  public  printer,  w-hen   audited  and  allowed,  shall 

9  authorize  its  payment.     On  a  refusal  by  the  superintendent  to 
10  accept  work  done  or  to  allow  any  account  rendered,  an  appeal 


1 1  may  he  taken  to  the  head  of  the  Department  of  Justice,  whose 

12  decision  shall  be  final. 

1  Sec.  15.  That    the   prices   to  be  paid  to  the  public   printer, 

2  herein  specified,  shall  at  all  times  be  subject  to  the  alteration  and 

3  control  of  Congress  as  to  work  subsequently  ordered. 

1  Sec.  16.  That  all  laws  or  parts  of  laws  in  conflict  with  the 

2  provisions  of  this  act  are  hereby  repealed. 


AMENDMENT  PROrOSED  BY  MR.  PERKINS. 

1  Proinded,  That  nothing  contained  in  this  act  shall  be  so  con- 

2  strued  as  to  take  from  the  Speaker  of  the  House  the  vi^ht  to 

3  revise  and  correct  the  said  journal  before   it  is  filed   Avith  the 

4  Attorney  General :    And  provided  further.  That  he  is  authorized 

5  to  employ  such  additional  clerks  for  making  the  transcripts  as 

6  he  may  deem  necessary,  to  be  paid  out  of  the  contingent  fund  of 

7  the  House. 


